The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-08-11
EXPERIMENTAL
what is Going on in the State De-
partments.
An Eptome Of What Yves
Learned at the Capitol
from Saturdays Daily ]

corporators: w. A. Thurman, ".
Hendricks, julie Chandron, d. @. Brown,
c. W. Easiey.
The Dallas Loan and Mortgage com
cany. Capital, $5Ol,O00; I. l.. Marsalis,
I 4. Elliott, Thos. Field, Robert Smith,
The faculty of the University Summer
normal held meeting yesterday evening
in the temporary capitol. The meeting
was called to order by Superintendent
Cooper. The following members of the
faculty. were present: DIS. Waggener,
Macfarlane, Tallichet, Everhart, Garrison,
Leonard Mrs. Pennybacker, Miss Fair
: field and Mrs. House.
prof. Leonard was elected secretary, and
Prof. Garrison, treasurer.
On motion, the opening exercises during
the session of the normal were dispensed
with.
It was moved and carried that each
member of the faculty be required to
keep roll of the students joining their
respective classes; also that rty-fve
hours attendance on classes of the Nor
NAL be required of every student before
examination for certificate.
Superintendent Cooper was authorized
to make any changes that may be. neces-
sary in the printed programme.
It was decided to hold the first council
meeting on Monday night at $3.50 p. M,
to which the public are invited to be
present.
The treasurer can now pay out of the
available school fund warrants to and In ,
Guiding registered numbers 1884,
Commissioner Hall is getting ready to
put large quantity of school lands on
the market this month and next, and will
give special attention to the Panhandle
section. He is hurrying up the classif-
cation of the Panhandle lands so as to be
ready.
Four millions acres of lands have been
leased up to date to various parties;
mostly to cattlemen. The largest tract
leased is one hundred and eighty five
thousand acres.
From Sundays Daily.l
Receipts at the treasury yesterday were
about $4,000, nearly evenly divided be-
tween the school and revenue funds. Dis
bursements amounted to $4,000, princi-
pally for school warrants.
The governor is back from Waco. He
yesterday remitted the imprisonment por-
ton of a penal Judgment against B. j.
Hodges, convicted i'll Erath county, in
1885, and sentenced to pay fine of S25
and to be imprisoned forty five days for
\ aggravated assault. The remission was
made upon the recommendation of Hon.
T.. B. Wheeler, the judge before whom the
case was tried, and other officers
of the court, the showing made being suf-
ficient to convince the governor that the
case was one of merit.
Senior de la Garcia, secretary of state OF
the state of Coahuila, was in consultation
with the governor yesterday on official
business.
The following railroad passenger taxes
have been paid to the comptroller: Texas
a. Pacific, S1,4OO; Galveston, Harrisburg
& San Antonio, $958.37.
During the month of July the comptrol
ler received the following special taxes
Drummers, 1O1 lat $35 each), $685.; rail
roads, $263.S0; insurance companies
$3,024.99.
The July report on drummers' tax
shows a marked increase over the june
report. In the last named month fifty ont
drummers paid $1,785, an increase in Jul!
of fly licenses.
The comptroller's July returns show tn
collection of $3,393.69 taxes in morgan
ICED counties.
Charters filed yesterday: The lmperla
Roller Milling company,of Cleburne; capi
tai, $4,000. Incorporators: W. u. 3 rat
ton, s. B. Allen, j. g. Conway, James L
Osborn.
Fredonia and Spice Rock Alliance %
operative association, of Mason county
!. capital, $4,000. Incorporators: =. l
Dubose, j. A. Black, W. M. Ballen, II.
Morgan, d. Dubose, j. M. West, A. L.. Du
bose, Jesse Mcdowell, M. A. Rose and
P. Rudder.
The following collectors have settle
with the COM troller: james A. Brown
Cameron county; G. Warrington, Wheele
county: w. 81. Jones, Val Verde county
Henry Herman, Shackelford county.
The following general orders have bee
issued by the Acknowledgements:
General Order No. 40.
Captain L. P .Seiker quartermaster Frontier "a "a
talon. and Henry Ursay, chief clerk OF TINS az
partment, appointed captain for the ume oein
are hereby appointed temporarily as lnsPeclo
and ordinance officers, for the purpose OF making
thorough inspection OF the ordnance anu o a
nance stores, property of the state IN tne Posse
sion of the companies composing the IeHas Noiu'
Captain SEEKER will inspect the srms and l. q
coutrements on, adjacent to and south OF tne IN H
of railroad from Calves on to BracketsVllie. %
a ments and Announcements OF the COZ
panies north, northeast and northwest OF ausu
BY command of Gov. L. S. Ross, commander
chief W. ii. HING,
Adjutant-G eneral
General Order No. IL. -.
Permission is hereby granted to military GU
ponies of this state to attend the lnternau0nal III
itary encampment to be held at chicago, ~ n9
October to 20, 1887, to be absent from the stae
said purpose, and carry with them sucn pun
property is needed 20 take part IN SAID enCa a
meat. Permission Is hereby granted 70 iniii ~.
organizations from beyond the limits OF TINS sta
.. to pass through the state of Texas, gong 10
returning from the International military ehcan
ment at Chicago, in October next.
By command of Gov. L. S. Ross, COMMANDER
chief. W. II. KING,
Adjutant- General
From Tuesdays Daily.l
Forty thousand silver dollars were Pill
into the state treasury yesterday mornlr
They came in from the banks, throut
whom drafts, etc, had been collected
account of sales and leases of school LAM
Disbursements at the treasury aggregst
about $4,000
The comptroller yesterday received
assessment rolls of.Dimmitt county, Will
show an increase of $232,00O; also
Howard and attached counties, which sh
an increase of little over $2O0,OO0.
Superintendent j. r. VIM, of the c